Toy-gun.



. UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

HARRY B. PALMER, 0F MORRISTOWN, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO WILLIAM L. EDISON, 0F MORRISTOWN, NEW JERSEY.

TOY GUN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patent-ed Feb. 10,1911.

Application led September 4, 19413. Serial No. 758,048.

.To all 1r/tom, 'it may concern.:

Be it. known that I, Hanny B. PALMER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident ot' Morristown, in the county of Morris and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Toy Guns, of which the following is a description.

My invention relates to guns and more particularly to guns suitable as toys.

The invention preferablytakes the form of a magazine gun in which the continuous rota-tion of a crank or other suitable opera-ting member serves to automatically drive or propel a series of projectiles in succession from the gun body.

The gun contemplated by this'invention is preferably of such a. construction as to eliminate the necessity for the use of eX- plosives or other dangerous elements in conuection with the operation thereof, the value of the same as a toy being thereby greatly enhanced. l

The principal object of my invention is to provide a device of the character above referred to which is etlicient in action and which can be manufactured at a low cost.

Further objects of my invention will appear more fully in the following specification and appended claims.

In order that my invention may be more ,clearly understood, attention is hereby directed to the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification, and in which:

Figure 1 is a, perspective View of a gun embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a central vertical sectional view thereof. Fig. 3 is a fragmentary plan view, partlv in section, showing the mechanism for driving or propelling the projectile from the lgun body in position occupied immediately prior to the actuation or discharge of the projectile. Fig. 4 is a sectional view showing the projectile propelling mechanism in position occupied immediately after the discharge of the project-ile. Fig. 5 is a fragmentary front elevation of the gun. Fig. 6 is a view taken on the line 6 6 of Fig. 2 and looking in the direction of the arrows; and Fig. 7 is a detail perspective view of the mechanism for discharging the projectile. l

In all the views like parts are designated by the same reference numerals.

body member l, preferably' cylindrical in shape, has secured to one end thereof a tube ber and constituting the gun barrel. An

opening 3 formed in the top of the bodyv member 1 vcommunicates with the interior of the tube 2 and is adapted to receive in succession the projectiles 4 fed into the same from the magazine 5. The lower portion of the opening 3 is preferably flush with the inside ot' the tube 2, as shown in Figs. 2 and R Referring to the draugrsagogoggll) -2 extendinglongitudinally of the body mem le, so as to facilitate the passage Aof the projectiles from said opening into saidv tube. 'lhe magazine 5 is Apreferably formed by turning over opposite edges of ay rectangular sheet of sheet metal so as to form parallel walls (i, 6 from which inwardly directed flanges 7, 7 extend in alinement with each other and parallel with the base portion 8 of the magazine. The cross section of the magazine is preferably such that the magazine fits comparatively closely within the. opening or recess 3', a. rearwardly directed flange 9 being formed on the portion 8 of the magazine to limit the downwardmovement of the latter and thereby'prefvent the same from obstructing the passage of the projectiles intt the tube 2. The magazine may be held in the gun body simply by friction or it may be secured thereto in any other suitable manner. The body 1 and the parts carried thereby are mounted upon a base 10.

as by means of a vertical pivot 1.1 secured on the gun body. it being thus possible. without disturbing the position of the base 10, tol

turn the gun to different angular positions.

The projectile discharging-or propelling mechanism preferably comprises a helical spring 12 secured at one end within an aunul-ar groove 13 formed in one end of a cylindrical member 14;. The said member is immovably secured upona stem 15 which passes axiallv through the same and the spring 12 and also axially through the member 1, being rotatable within the latter.'

The stein 15 projects at one enl a slight distancebeyond the body l, and the projecting portion thereof is formed with a. peripheral groove 1G which receives a locking member 17, the latter bearing against the end of the body yportion 1 and thus serving to keep the stem from being displaced from the body the spring 12. whereupon the spring 12 is compressed member 1. The member 17 is maintained in operative engagement with the rod or spindle 15 by the tube 2, which engages the upper surface of the said member, as clearly shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 5.

T he end of the rod or stem 15 opposite to that containing the groove 16 is bent to the form of 'u crank18 so as to facilitate the ro-.

tation thereof, together with the lnember 14 and the spring secured thereto. The sald spring may be secured to the member 14 in any suitable manner,

ter than the groove 13, and to torce the same into said groove, the resiliency of th'e spring thus holding the same firmly in position. The friction of the spring on the side ot' groove 13 need not be very large to cause the spring to be carried along with the member 14 during the rotation of the latter. An annular groove or recess 19 is formed in the body member 1 opposite and in alinement with the groove 13,V t-he (groove 19 being of slightly greater outer iameter than the spring 12 and arranged to receive the free end of the spring. A. pin or abutment 2O extends across the groove 19 at a point slightly to one side of the opening `3 and near the outer end of said groove, this pin or abutment serving to compress the spring 12 axially, as shown in Fig. 3, prior to the discharge of the projectile.

In operation, one or more projectiles 4 are placed within the magazine 5, the lowermost projectile assuming a position in alinement with the tube 2 su1table to be acted upon by The crank 18 is then rotatebd,

Y reason of its action upon the `pin or abutment 20, as shown in Fig. 3, further rotation of the crank 18 serving to move the freeend of the spring 12 past the pin or abutment 2O to permit said free end to spring outwardly toward the'barrel 2 and to drive the lowermost projectile through said barrel and through the atmosphere a distance depending upon the stress of the spring prior tothe release thereof. Tle released position of the spring is `shown clearly in Fig. 4. As soon as' one project-ile has been discharged; the remaining projectiles fall downwardly by gravity until another projectile assumes a posit-ion in the gun body ready to be discharged therefrom. Further rotation of the crank again serves to put the spring under stress, and then to release the same and to cause the lowermost projectile to be driven from the gun body. It will thus be seen that continuous rotation of the crank 18 in a clockwise direction serves alternatelyl to place the spring 12 under compression and to release the same, and in this manner to intermittently discharge the projectiles from the gun.

Numerous modiications may be made in but I prefer to make the same of slightly larger external diamei tocara? the specific features disclosed without departing from the spirit of my invention.

What I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent of the United States is as follows 1 1. In a device of the class described, the combination of a gun body, a spring for driving a projectile from said body, and means for continuously rotating said spring, substantially as described.

2. In a device of the class described, the

combination of a gun body, rotary means comprising a continuously rotatable spring for driving a projectile from said body, and means for rotating said rotary means, substantially as described.

In a device of the classl described, the combination of a gun body, a magazine ada ted to feed projectiles successively in posltion to be driven from said body, and means for driving the projectiles successively from said body, said means comprising a spring mounted for continuous rotation, substantially, as described.

4. In a device of/the class described, the combination of a gun body, and mechanism for driving a projectile from said body, said mechanism comprising a continuously rotatable spring .and means for alternately placing said spring under stress and releasing the same during the rotation of the spring in a given direction, substantially as described.

5. In a device of the class described, the combination of a gun barrel, and means for driving a projectile 'from said barrel, said means comprising a helical spring rotatable about its axis and means. operating during the rotation of the spring for alternately placing said spring under stress substantially in the direction of its axis and releasing the same, substantially as described.

6. In a device of the class described, the combination of a gun body, means for driving a projectile from said body, said means comprlsing a rotary spring, and a stationary abutment engaging said spring to intermittently compress and release the same during the rotation of the spring, substantially as described.

7. In a device of the class described, the combination of a driving a projectlle from said barrel, said means comprising a sprin rotatable about an axis extending longitu inally of the gun barrel, and means operating during the rotation of the spring for alternately placing said spring under stress and releaslng the same, substantially as described.

8. In a device of the class described, the combination of a gun body, and mechanism for driving a projectile from said body, said Y n barrel, and means for j tbe same during the movement of the spring same during the vmovement of the spring, 10

in a

scribe 9. In a device of the class described, the

combination of a gun body, means for driviven direction, substantially as deing a projectile from said body, said means comprising a bodily movable spring, and a stationary abutment engaging said spring to intermittently compress und release the .substantially as described.

This specification signed and witnessed this 3rd day of September 1913.

HARRY B; PALMER. 

